Patents by Inventor Gerald Eugene Tornquist

Gerald Eugene Tornquist has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of assembling a balanced high speed generator rotor
    Patent number: 7146707
    Abstract: An improved apparatus and method of having a pair of end caps on a rotor assembly of a multi-pole high-speed generator is provided for use with a turbine engine. The rotor assembly provides improved balancing and/or cooling during generator operation. The rotor assembly includes a plurality of poles and at least one support wedge positioned between each of the poles. The rotor assembly is mounted on a shaft. An annular flange of the end caps restrains the support wedges in the rotor assembly for improved balancing and maintaining concentricity. The end caps may also include a manifold for circulating a cooling medium through the shaft to and from the support wedges to cool the generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Honeywell International, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald Eugene Tornquist, Raymond Walter Borden, James D. Lengel, Gregor L. McDowall, Kieran P. J. Doherty
  • Rotor end caps and a method of cooling a high speed generator
    Publication number: 20040164627
    Abstract: An improved apparatus and method of having a pair of end caps on a rotor assembly of a multi-pole high-speed generator is provided for use with a turbine engine. The rotor assembly provides improved balancing and/or cooling during generator operation. The rotor assembly includes a plurality of poles and at least one support wedge positioned between each of the poles. The rotor assembly is mounted on a shaft. An annular flange of the end caps restrains the support wedges in the rotor assembly for improved balancing and maintaining concentricity. The end caps may also include a manifold for circulating a cooling medium through the shaft to and from the support wedges to cool the generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: Gerald Eugene Tornquist, Raymond Walter Borden, James D. Lengel, Gregor L. McDowall, Kieran P.J. Doherly
  • Rotor end caps and a method of cooling a high speed generator
    Patent number: 6734585
    Abstract: An improved apparatus and method of having a pair of end caps on a rotor assembly of a multi-pole high-speed generator is provided for use with a turbine engine. The rotor assembly provides improved balancing and/or cooling during generator operation. The rotor assembly includes a plurality of poles and at least one support wedge positioned between each of the poles. The rotor assembly is mounted on a shaft. An annular flange of the end caps restrains the support wedges in the rotor assembly for improved balancing and maintaining concentricity. The end caps may also include a manifold for circulating a cooling medium through the shaft to and from the support wedges to cool the generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Honeywell International, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald Eugene Tornquist, Raymond Walter Borden, James D. Lengel, Gregor L. McDowall, Kieran P. J. Doherty
  • Rotor end caps and a method of cooling a high speed generator
    Publication number: 20030094872
    Abstract: An improved apparatus and method of having a pair of end caps on a rotor assembly of a multi-pole high-speed generator is provided for use with a turbine engine. The rotor assembly provides improved balancing and/or cooling during generator operation. The rotor assembly includes a plurality of poles and at least one support wedge positioned between each of the poles. The rotor assembly is mounted on a shaft. An annular flange of the end caps restrains the support wedges in the rotor assembly for improved balancing and maintaining concentricity. The end caps may also include a manifold for circulating a cooling medium through the shaft to and from the support wedges to cool the generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2001
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Gerald Eugene Tornquist, Raymond Walter Borden, James D. Lengel, Gregor L. McDowall, Kieran P.J. Doherty